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Khuddakanikāya
Minor Collection
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Dhammapada
Sayings of the Dhamma 256–272
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Dhammaṭṭhavagga
19. The Just
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Vinicchayamahāmattavatthu
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Na tena hoti dhammaṭṭho,
You don’t become just
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yenatthaṁ sāhasā naye;
by passing hasty judgment.
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Yo ca atthaṁ anatthañca,
An astute person evaluates both
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ubho niccheyya paṇḍito.
what is pertinent and what is irrelevant.
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Asāhasena dhammena,
A wise one judges others without haste,
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samena nayatī pare;
justly and impartially;
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Dhammassa gutto medhāvī,
that guardian of the law
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“dhammaṭṭho”ti pavuccati.
is said to be just.
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Na tena paṇḍito hoti,
You’re not an astute scholar
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yāvatā bahu bhāsati;
just because you speak a lot.
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Khemī averī abhayo,
One who is secure, free of enmity and fear,
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“paṇḍito”ti pavuccati.
is said to be astute.
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Na tāvatā dhammadharo,
You’re not one who has memorized the teaching
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yāvatā bahu bhāsati;
just because you recite a lot.
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Yo ca appampi sutvāna,
Someone who directly sees the teaching
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dhammaṁ kāyena passati;
after hearing only a little
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Sa ve dhammadharo hoti,
is truly one who has memorized the teaching,
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yo dhammaṁ nappamajjati.
for they can never forget it.
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Lakuṇḍakabhaddiyattheravatthu
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Na tena thero so hoti,
You don’t become a senior
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yenassa palitaṁ siro;
by getting some grey hairs;
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Paripakko vayo tassa,
for one ripe only in age,
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“moghajiṇṇo”ti vuccati.
is said to have aged in vain.
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Yamhi saccañca dhammo ca,
One who is truthful and principled,
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ahiṁsā saṁyamo damo;
harmless, restrained, and self-controlled,
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Sa ve vantamalo dhīro,
attentive, purged of stains,
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“thero” iti pavuccati.
is said to be a senior.
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Na vākkaraṇamattena,
Not by mere enunciation,
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vaṇṇapokkharatāya vā;
or a beautiful complexion
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Sādhurūpo naro hoti,
does a person become holy,
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issukī maccharī saṭho.
if they’re jealous, stingy, and devious.
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Yassa cetaṁ samucchinnaṁ,
But if they’ve cut that out,
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mūlaghaccaṁ samūhataṁ;
dug it up at the root, eradicated it,
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Sa vantadoso medhāvī,
that wise one, purged of vice,
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“sādhurūpo”ti vuccati.
is said to be holy.
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Na muṇḍakena samaṇo,
A liar and breaker of vows is no ascetic
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abbato alikaṁ bhaṇaṁ;
just because they shave their head.
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Icchālobhasamāpanno,
How on earth can one be an ascetic
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samaṇo kiṁ bhavissati.
who’s full of desire and greed?
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Yo ca sameti pāpāni,
One who stops all wicked deeds,
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aṇuṁthūlāni sabbaso;
great and small,
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Samitattā hi pāpānaṁ,
because of stopping wicked deeds
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“samaṇo”ti pavuccati.
is said to be an ascetic.
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Na tena bhikkhu so hoti,
You don’t become a mendicant
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yāvatā bhikkhate pare;
just by begging from others.
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Vissaṁ dhammaṁ samādāya,
One who has undertaken domestic duties
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bhikkhu hoti na tāvatā.
has not yet become a mendicant.
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Yodha puññañca pāpañca,
But one living a spiritual life,
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bāhetvā brahmacariyavā;
who has banished both merit and evil,
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Saṅkhāya loke carati,
who wanders having appraised the world,
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sa ve “bhikkhū”ti vuccati.
is said to be a mendicant.
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Na monena munī hoti,
You don’t become a sage by being sagelike,
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mūḷharūpo aviddasu;
while still confused and ignorant.
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Yo ca tulaṁva paggayha,
The astute one who holds the scales,
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varamādāya paṇḍito.
taking only the best,
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Pāpāni parivajjeti,
and shunning the bad—
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sa munī tena so muni;
that is a sage, <j>and that is how one becomes a sage.
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Yo munāti ubho loke,
One who sagely weighs both in the world,
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“muni” tena pavuccati.
is thereby said to be a sage.
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Na tena ariyo hoti,
You don’t become a noble one
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yena pāṇāni hiṁsati;
by harming living beings.
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Ahiṁsā sabbapāṇānaṁ,
One harmless towards all living beings
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“ariyo”ti pavuccati.
is said to be a noble one.
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Sambahulasīlādisampannabhikkhuvatthu
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Na sīlabbatamattena,
Not by precepts and observances,
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bāhusaccena vā pana;
nor by much learning,
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Atha vā samādhilābhena,
nor by meditative immersion,
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vivittasayanena vā.
nor by living in seclusion,
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Phusāmi nekkhammasukhaṁ,
do I experience the bliss of renunciation
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aputhujjanasevitaṁ;
not frequented by ordinary people.
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Bhikkhu vissāsamāpādi,
A mendicant cannot rest confident
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appatto āsavakkhayaṁ.
without attaining the end of defilements.
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Dhammaṭṭhavaggo ekūnavīsatimo.
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